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1 Feb 2023, 12:22 pm by anne
  The payment – $22, 500 – was made by AT&T Illinois to an ally of former Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan. [read post]
13 Jan 2023, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
How Kevin McCarthy Survived the GOP Revolt to Become House Speaker MSN – Isaac Arnsdorf, Mariana Sotomayor, Michael Scherer, and Josh Dawsey (Washington Post) | Published: 1/8/2023 Months of posturing and saber-rattling at last gave way to serious talks on changing how the new House would operate, which eventually led to Kevin McCarthy winning the speakership. [read post]
23 Nov 2022, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Arkansas – Ethics Commission Reaches Settlements in Cases Involving Advocacy Group and Arkansas Legislators Arkansas Democrat-Gazette – Michael Wickline | Published: 11/18/2022 The Common Ground Arkansas group founded by state Sen. [read post]
4 Nov 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Companies Often Don’t Match Climate Talk and Lobbying, Study Says MSN – Ellen Meyers (Roll Call) | Published: 11/3/2022 Major corporations’ advocacy for clean energy and climate policies falls well short of the nearly unanimous support for cutting emissions and boosting renewable energy in the U.S, according to a report from sustainability nonprofit Ceres. [read post]
21 Oct 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
” Newspapers with a Partisan Aim Filling the Void of Traditional Media MSN – Michael Scherer (Washington Post) | Published: 10/15/2022 As local newspapers collapsed amid a rise in online advertising competition, niche news products with private funding sources have sprouted to fill the void. [read post]
18 Oct 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Campaign Finance Illinois: “Federal Judge Blocks Two Campaign Finance Reforms in Illinois” by Dave Byrnes for Courthouse News Service Ethics National: “Newspapers with a Partisan Aim Filling the Void of Traditional Media” by Michael Scherer (Washington Post) for MSN National: “Judge Bucks Trump, Orders Pence Aide to Testify to Jan. 6 Grand Jury” by Spencer Hsu, Josh Dawsey, and Jacqueline Alemany (Washington Post) for MSN National: “DOJ Asks… [read post]
14 Oct 2022, 1:24 pm by Jon Brodkin
AT&T "admitted that in 2017 it arranged for an ally of Madigan to indirectly receive $22,500 in payments from the company. [read post]
5 Aug 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal A Right-Wing Think Tank Claimed to Be a Church. [read post]
17 Jun 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
House Jan. 6 Panel Revelation on Pardons Raises Questions MSN – Michael Macagnone (Roll Call) | Published: 6/10/2022 A House select committee revealed “multiple” Republican members of Congress requested pardons from former President Trump after the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol but named only one of them. [read post]
27 May 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Former Interior Secretary Didn’t Violate Lobbying Laws, Watchdog Finds MSN – Joshua Partlow (Washington Post) | Published: 5/19/2022 The Interior Department’s internal watchdog said it found no evidence that former Secretary David Bernhardt violated lobbying laws regarding a former client, a California water district that is the nation’s largest agricultural water supplier, although he continued to advise them on legislative matters on occasion after he… [read post]
1 Apr 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Anita Dunn and SKDK: Power and influence in Biden’s Washington MSN – Tyler Pager, Sean Sullivan, and Michael Scherer (Washington Post) | Published: 3/28/2022 SKDK, a public relations and political strategy firm, is a unique force in Washington, straddling the line between the private sector and the Biden administration to quietly affect change. [read post]
9 Mar 2022, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Mobile Home That He Reportedly Never Lived In” by Marianna Alfaro (Washington Post) for MSN Ethics Georgia: “First Trial in Atlanta Corruption Investigation Set to Start” by Kate Brumback (Associated Press) for Yahoo News Illinois: “An Unnamed Presence in the Michael Madigan Indictment: AT&T” by Jason Meisner and Ray Long (Chicago Tribune) for Yahoo News New York: “How the Manhattan D.A. [read post]
8 Mar 2022, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Ethics California: “Buscaino Spends Donor Funds on Family Trips to Hawaii and Italy” by Benjamin Oreskes and Maloy Moore (Los Angeles Times) for Yahoo News Illinois: “Famously Shrewd, Michael Madigan Has Been Indicted. [read post]
4 Mar 2022, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Backstage Drama at Jan. 6 Rally for Trump Draws Interest of House Committee MSN – Jacqueline Alemany, Josh Dawsey, and Beth Reinhard (Washington Post) | Published: 2/26/2022 The White House was made aware of concerns among allies of Donald Trump that some people coming to Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021, to potentially speak at the rally were too extreme, even for a president who had frequently pushed or crossed the boundaries of traditional political norms. [read post]
25 Feb 2022, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Michael DiMassa that raises the total amount of federal grant money he is accused of stealing to more than $1 million and brings new theft and conspiracy charges against his wife and two associates. [read post]
28 Jan 2022, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Justice Breyer to Retire, Giving Biden First Court Pick Yahoo News – Mark Sherman and Michael Balsamo (Associated Press) | Published: 1/26/2022 Longtime liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring, giving President Biden  his first high court opening, which he has pledged to fill with the historic naming of the court’s first Black woman. [read post]
7 Jan 2022, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Bureau of Prisons Director to Resign After Scandal-Plagued Tenure During Pandemic MSN – Brian Pietsch and Matt Zapotosky (Washington Post) | Published: 1/6/2022 Michael Carvajal, the director of the U.S. [read post]
24 Dec 2021, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
In addition, a federal judge denied a motion by Michael Flynn, Trump’s former national security adviser, for a temporary restraining order against the select committee over subpoenas it has issued against him. [read post]
12 Dec 2021, 2:22 pm by admin
In assessing an association for causality, the starting point is “an association between two variables, perfectly clear-cut and beyond what we would care to attribute to the play of chance. [read post]
10 Dec 2021, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Courts May Play Outsize Role in Redistricting Fights MSN – Michael Macagnone (Roll Call) | Published: 12/7/2021 The delayed release of 2020 census data has seen states sprinting to finish redistricting, but with control of the U.S. [read post]